Day 24 - Montfort to Sittard, Oct. 5

You probably are thinking that we wandered through more cornfields, cow paths, woods, etc. Yes, we did all that today but we also came across some astonishing things as well. Right off the bat, coming out of Montfort, there was a ruin of an old castle. The Montfort Castle built in 1260 in the time of the bow and arrow, according to our little book. A surprising sight to see in Holland. Then, just before noon we came across something that is not even in our guide book because it was discovered last year, 2014. Right on the route of the PP someone dug up gold coins and rings and silver artifacts from Roman times, around 400 AD. There is now a neat plaque explaining the whole thing. You do wonder how someone got the idea to start digging just at that spot. We also passed a memorial of a downed allied plane. The exact spot is marked and corn grows all around it. Someone is still bringing fresh flowers to the memorial, for something that happened 75 years ago now.

Anyway, all of this made up for our disappointment that the only Cafe on the route was closed. It was in the very cute town of Slek that had a beautiful small chapel where I lit a candle for my sister, Ada.

It was a gruelling long day at 24 km. We sort of have to push ourselves to keep going. When we finally got to Sittard we rewarded ourselves with a tea and Tom Poes. Wow, those are good. 

When we got here our luggage had not arrived. I took a bath, hoping for the best. And luckily they arrived and I now have (relatively) clean clothes on. Ready to hit the town. Apparently there is a town square with small places to eat. 

By the way, people speak in a very strong dialect here and we can't understand a thing!

Two more days........